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SunFounder PiDog Kit, Release 1.0
2.3.9 PiDog RGB Strip
There is an RGB Strip on PiDog’s chest, which PiDog can use to express emotions.
You can call the following function to control it.
Pidog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style='breath', color='white', brightness=1, delay=0.01)
• style : The lighting display mode of RGB Strip, the following are its available values.
– breath
– boom
– bark
• color : The lights of the RGB Strip show the colors. You can enter 16-bit RGB values, such as #a10a0a, or
the following color names.
– "white"
– "black"
– "white"
– "red"
– "yellow"
– "green"
– "blue"
– "cyan"
– "magenta"
– "pink"
• brightness : RGB Strip lights display brightness, you can enter a floating-point value from 0 to 1, such as
0.5.
• delay : Float, display animation speed, the smaller the value, the faster the change.
Use the following statement to disable RGB Striping.
Pidog.rgb_strip.close()
Here are examples of their use:
from pidog import Pidog
import time
my_dog = Pidog()
while True:
# style="breath", color="pink"
my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="breath", color='pink')
time.sleep(3)
# style:"boom", color="#a10a0a"
my_dog.rgb_strip.set_mode(style="bark", color="#a10a0a")
time.sleep(3)
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